Table 3

Hierarchical regression for significant cross-product terms included in suicidal ideation

Predictors	R² change at step*	β at step 1	β at step 2	Final β
*Total R² = 0.33.
†p<0.05.
‡Health problems, impulsivity and irrational values were found to be non-significant at step 2 and were then discarded.
Step 1: Enter influence of celebrity suicide
Influence of celebrity suicide	0.04	0.20†	0.14†	0.14†
Step 2: Enter risk and protective factors for suicide‡
Anxiety symptoms	0.27		0.20†	0.13†
Hopelessness			0.13†	0.11†
Reason for living			−0.12†	−0.06†
Prior suicide attempt			0.19†	0.18†
Received psychiatric treatment			0.05†	0.05†
Abuse history			0.11†	0.11†
Debt problem			0.05†	0.05†
Interpersonal conflicts			0.16†	0.14†
Step 3: Enter cross-product terms
Anxiety symptom × Influence of celebrity suicide	0.02			0.09†
Reason for living × Influence of celebrity suicide				−0.13†
Irrational values × Influence of celebrity suicide				0.08†